Senate roll call 26 · 78th Congress · May 5, 1943
To amend S. 796, by strengthening the powers of the national war labor board in dealing with strikes. The purpose of the amendment was to provide a method of d
On May 5, 1943, the Senate voted 34–45 (S 796). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–36, Republicans 24–10, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 members voted against their own party.
During the 78th Congress (1943–1944), Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 34
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- May 5, 1943
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 36 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 10 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT voted yes
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT voted no
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL voted yes
- John Thomas R-ID voted no
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY voted yes
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted no
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted no
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ voted no
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM voted yes
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted no
- James John Davis R-PA voted no
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted yes
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted yes
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- John Thomas R-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- James John Davis R-PA
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
Voted present
Did not vote
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Samuel Dillon Jackson D-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Sinclair Weeks R-MA
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Arthur Walsh D-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Wilton Earle Hall D-SC
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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